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An introduction to the planning system (Nottingham)

This masterclass is intended to provide elected members, administrators and support staff with an understanding of the planning system to enable them to appreciate the wider context within which they are working. The day will include an update on the many changes being proposed to the planning system by the new Conservative Government including those in the Treasury’s “Fixing the foundations” document, which contains some wide-ranging ideas for speeding up and improving the planning system.

Delegates will be helped to understand the development planning system, the role of development management and the way decisions on individual planning applications are made either by the planning committee, by the officers under delegated powers or by planning inspectors and the Secretaries of State on appeal.

Benefits of attending

This masterclass will enable you to have an understanding of:

The changes made and being made to the planning system in England by the Conservative Government

Planning policy and how it is prepared at national, regional and local levels

The development management process and the “planning balance”

The role of the planning enforcement system

The appeals system and how it operates

Who should attend?

Elected members

Administrators

Planning support staff

Anyone requiring an introduction to the English Planning System

Programme

9.00 Registration and coffee

9.30 Development planning - 1

The purpose of the planning system

The key players and relationships will be identified

Sustainable development - definitions

The key components of current National planning policy will be identified

10.00 Development planning – 2

The National Planning Policy Framework

National Planning Policy Statements for major infrastructure

The hierarchy of development planning documents

Local Plans and Local Development Frameworks

Matters to be taken into account in preparing development plans

The development plan documents

10.45 Development planning - 3

The duty to co-operate in relation to sustainable planning

The adoption and withdrawal of development plan documents

Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)

Neighbourhood development orders and plans

Community right to build orders

The power to make charges to meet the LPA’s costs in exercise of their neighbourhood functions